(idiomatic) a close race or contest in which no winner is apparent

To encounter an uncomfortable situation.

(thermodynamics) An obsolete term for specific heat capacity.

The heating of an electrical conductor by eddy currents induced by a varying magnetic field.

(informal) To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.

Heating of rooms within buildings.

(physics) the heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase

(thermodynamics) Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.

A shimmering atmospheric disturbance caused by currents of warm air between the observer and the object observed.

(physics) The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.